Left parties denounce U.S. moves

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, SEPT. 26. Nine Left parties in Andhra Pradesh have decided to hold a series of meetings and demonstrations throughout the State in the coming week to denounce the US move to attack Afghanistan.

They said military action by the US, in the absence of a formal resolution by the UN General Assembly, would amount to an atrocity against innocent people. These parties will distribute lakhs of pamphlets to expose the US and the NDA Government's unsolicited support to these actions.

Addressing a press conference here today, Messrs. B. V. Raghavulu (CPI-M), S. Sudhakar Reddi (CPI), M. Omkar (MCPI), Mr. B. N. Reddi (CPM) and others said the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington using planes full of passengers were highly reprehensible. But, such attacks were the outcome of US foreign policies in the past of providing arms and training to the likes of Taliban and Osama bin Laden whom it was now trying to eliminate.

The Left leaders accused the US of pursuing a dual policy of fighting terrorism directed against itself but turning a blind eye to frequent attacks by Israelis against the Palestinians and their leaders. It had blocked every resolution in the UN Security Council which sought to restrain Israel.

Describing the NDA Government as `spineless,' they said the NDA leaders had adopted a slavish approach towards the US by offering Indian air bases to launch attacks on Afghanistan though unsolicited. The External Affairs Minister, Mr. Jaswant Singh, had gone to the extent of describing the President. Mr. Bush, as a statesman while the National Security Advisor, Mr. Brajesh Mishra, was bowing before the US leaders.

The Communist leaders also criticised the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP), which is extending outside support to the NDA Government, for remaining silent on the `war-mongering' by the United States of America.

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